Sundram
Fasteners Limited (SFL) has been awarded Supplier of the Year by General Motors
(GM) through its 29thAnnual Supplier of the Year awards. This is the eighth
time that Sundram Fasteners Limited has received this award.
The
reputed American automaker has honoured 122 of its suppliers from 16 countries
for supplier performance in the calendar year 2020. The awards are an
acknowledgement of global suppliers that have distinguished themselves by
exceeding GM’s requirements, resulting in providing GM customers with
innovative technologies and high quality.
Arathi
Krishna, Managing Director, Sundram Fasteners Limited, said, “We are pleased to
receive this prestigious award from a highly esteemed customer like General
Motors. This recognition is a validation of our commitment to quality,
innovation, sustainability and excellence. The fact that we have received this
award for the eighth time demonstrates our ability to exceed customer expectations
consistently.”
“Despite
the pandemic related challenges in 2020, we managed to deliver excellence by
adroit stock and inventory management, prudent manufacturing planning and
intelligent logistics coordination, without compromising the health and safety
of our people,” Ms Krishna added.
Winners
of the Supplier of the Year awards were chosen by a global team of GM
purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives.
Parameters for evaluation were Product Purchasing, Global Purchasing and
Manufacturing Services, Customer Care and Aftersales and Logistics.
Sundram
Fasteners supplies key products to GM, including transmission shafts, radiator
caps and more, which are seen across prestigious GM brands like Cadillac, GMC
and Chevrolet. The company has been a GM vendor for over 25 years and has won
the Supplier of the Year award five times in a row from 1996 to 2000, and in
2009, 2019 and now, in 2020.